... When everything is factored together, Big 12 athletic directors expect the conference to distribute around $50 million per team under the league's new deal with ESPN and FOX.
... There is a pro rata clause (i.e. the value increases proportionally if new members are added) included the Big 12's new contract with ESPN. We obviously haven't seen the contracts, but we've heard that there's no such language in the league's contract with FOX, only a verbal understanding.
... There are administrators across the conference that expect some Pac-12 movement in the coming weeks, but there doesn't appear to be a consensus about what that will look like. It could be two programs, it could be four, maybe more. For instance, how many people would be juiced about adding Colorado, with as big of a mess as it seems to be, at this point?
... The six-year term of this deal gives the Big 12 another chance in the relatively near future to go through this process again, with the hope being that the conference can cash in further once the four incoming members and potentially some Pac-12 additions have established themselves.
... Will the Big 12 play more weeknight games as a result of this new deal? The Pac-12 has had a fairly regular presence on Fridays this season, both on ESPN and FS1. You wonder if the Big 12 might end up filling some of those slots in this new deal.
... If you're, say, Utah and Arizona, even if the Pac-12 is able to cobble together a Tier 1/Tier 2 deal with Apple or Amazon with the exact same per program payout, the Big 12 offers more stability and visibility. The stability comes from the presumed Grant of Rights extension that will accompany the Big 12's new deal. The visibility comes from the assumption that the Pac-12's presence on linear television is going to take a massive hit.
... There is a pro rata clause (i.e. the value increases proportionally if new members are added) included the Big 12's new contract with ESPN. We obviously haven't seen the contracts, but we've heard that there's no such language in the league's contract with FOX, only a verbal understanding.
... There are administrators across the conference that expect some Pac-12 movement in the coming weeks, but there doesn't appear to be a consensus about what that will look like. It could be two programs, it could be four, maybe more. For instance, how many people would be juiced about adding Colorado, with as big of a mess as it seems to be, at this point?
... The six-year term of this deal gives the Big 12 another chance in the relatively near future to go through this process again, with the hope being that the conference can cash in further once the four incoming members and potentially some Pac-12 additions have established themselves.
... Will the Big 12 play more weeknight games as a result of this new deal? The Pac-12 has had a fairly regular presence on Fridays this season, both on ESPN and FS1. You wonder if the Big 12 might end up filling some of those slots in this new deal.
... If you're, say, Utah and Arizona, even if the Pac-12 is able to cobble together a Tier 1/Tier 2 deal with Apple or Amazon with the exact same per program payout, the Big 12 offers more stability and visibility. The stability comes from the presumed Grant of Rights extension that will accompany the Big 12's new deal. The visibility comes from the assumption that the Pac-12's presence on linear television is going to take a massive hit.
